Chisinau, Republic of Moldova – A delegation of government officials from the Republic of Tajikistan are in the Republic of Moldova this week, learning about a successful programme for attracting foreign remittances to investments that help develop the economy. Tajikistan plans to implement a similar programme in the near future, with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of...

Rome, Italy – FAO’s project “Developing Capacity for Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition in Selected Countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia” concluded a successful online consultation on school food and nutrition programmes, held on FAO’s Forum on Food Security and Nutrition in Europe and Central Asia from 7 November to 18 December 2017.

The consultation, titled “Promoting sustainable...

Yerevan, Armenia – Today, Raimund Jehle, FAO Representative in Armenia, and Ignati Arakelyan, RA Minister of Agriculture, signed a document to initiate the regional project “Developing Capacity for Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition in Selected Countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia”, funded by the Russian Federation.

The project is aimed at strengthening institutional capacities to reduce the prevalence of...

Budapest, Hungary – FAO and WHO, in collaboration with UNICEF and WFP, jointly organized a Regional Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition in Europe and Central Asia in Budapest, Hungary, on 4 and 5 December 2017.

The event was a regional replication of the 2016 International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy...

Budapest, Hungary – Migration – and the connections between migration and rural livelihoods, agriculture, sustainability, and other issues – are firmly in the spotlight this week. World Food Day – the anniversary of the founding of FAO on 16 October 1945 and one of the most widely observed of all United Nations days – has as its theme this year...